Weather Alert Detail

Flood Watch issued December 09 at 4:14AM EST until December 10 at 1:00AM EST by NWS

Effective: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 4:14 a.m.

Expires: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 1 a.m.

...NOR`EASTER TO BRING HEAVY RAIN TODAY......FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ANDSOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...INSOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERNMIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVENAND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...EASTERNBERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC ANDWESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS(BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATENISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERNSUFFOLK.* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT* A SLOW MOVING COASTAL LOW WILL PARALLEL THE EASTERN SEABOARDTODAY...APPROACHING LONG ISLAND IN THE EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALLWILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHMOST OF THE DAY.* RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THETIME THE EVENT ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS AREPOSSIBLE. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGEFLOODING...BUT SOME SMALL RIVERS AND STREAM ACROSS NORTHEAST NEWJERSEY AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL.THIS SAME REGION RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST A FEWDAYS AGO.